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Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
AirVisual back online in Vietnam after attacks over smog ranking
The air quality monitoring app is available for download again in Vietnam after it suspended it in the face of a barrage of criticism from social media users.
Vietnam needs better water resources management to cope with climate change
Losses due to drought and saltwater intrusion in 2016 were worth more than VNĐ7.9 trillion (US$343.5 million). Thousands of hectares of crops and households were affected by a shortage of water.
Yangon Region government to sell seized land to compensated farmers
The plots were previously seized by the government, and compensation had not been awarded to their original owners. To compensate the original farmland owners, the lands are being sold again.
Govt asks Norwegian vessel to continue marine research
In the ship’s latest visit last year, the marine experts measured fish resources, water quality and microplastic concentration along Myanmar’s coast.
Mekong Delta’s sea level rise alarming: US professor
It is estimated that at these current rates, over 12 million people living in the region will be directly affected over the next 50 years if nothing is done.